A Texas Democrat invites Syrian refugees to Donald Trump’s congressional speech

The first weeks of Donald Trump's administration saw widespread protests after the president announced a temporary ban on immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries.

Now Fort Worth Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey is bringing a family of Dallas-area Syrian refugees to Washington in a show of defiance toward the president and his proposed executive order.

Tamam Al Sharaa and Bothina Matar brought their family to the United States in 2015 after enduring the chaos in Syria, and they will attend Trump's address to a joint session of Congress as guests of Veasey on Tuesday.